Analysis of land cover change and its driving forces in a desert oasis landscape of Xinjiang, northwest China

Amuti, T.; Luo, G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-1071-2014

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-1071-2014

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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-1071-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

Research article

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18 Nov 2014

Research article |

| 18 Nov 2014

Analysis of land cover change and its driving forces in a desert oasis landscape of Xinjiang, northwest China

T. Amuti and G. Luo

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RC C822: 'Review se-2014-61', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Aug 2014
- AC C1050: 'Response to the Comments of Anonymous Referee #1', Tureniguli Amuti, 01 Oct 2014
RC C894: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Sep 2014
- AC C1057: 'Response to the Comments of Anonymous Referee #2', Tureniguli Amuti, 02 Oct 2014

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In this paper, we present research on the spatial-temporal pattern of land cover change in the fragile ecosystem of the arid desert oasis of Hotan in northwest China. Multi-temporal Landsat images were used to analyze the land cover change and to identify change trajectories. The natural and human driving forces of these changes were examined using hydro-climatic data and socio-economic data.